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8 minutes ago, CynOka said:

Thank you so much, that answers a question I had not considered before 😊😊. I was referring to Nigeria being on the travel ban list for immigrant visas.

Oh that’s terrible. I just did some research and seems like if your spouse get to their interview and get approved for a green card then they should be able to travel. This must be terrible on top of being so far away from your spouse. I wish the best for you! GoodLuck!

11 hours ago, CynOka said:

Got my NOA 2 approval today and I am excited yet still worried, my spouse is in Nigeria and with the travel ban and all I am not sure how to proceed. Does anyone have tips on how to file the appeal/exemption?

I’m not sure what you’re asking but if you’re talking about not being able to travel after getting the visa then that’s shouldn’t be a problem because you have up-to 6 months to travel after getting your passport stamped. And with the COVID restrictions, they might extend it to a year. He can just ask the interview officer. But if I were you I’d get the process done ASAP and get the visa atleast. NVC process takes a couple of months and then with the 6 months travel time you’ll have atleast until feb-March of 2021 to travel to USA. And I think that’s plenty of time and flights will be open by then.

4 hours ago, LG981 said:

APPROVED THIS MORNING! Received a text (it's a 505 area code - I had always wondered so thought I'd share) that our case had been updated, but could only see from my phone "Case Sent to Department of State". I then received an email that our case status was "Post Decision Activity" and was sent to Department of State for visa processing. About 10 minutes later a 2nd email arrived formally stating our petition has been approved!! A little confusion followed by pure excitement!

 

• US Citizen filing for spouse - I-130 only
• NOA1 - 10/8/2019 (Texas Service Center)
• NOA2 - 6/24/2019 (Potomac Service Center)
• Most recent update on MyUSCIS portal had been April 6th, 2020, so I honestly figured we had a ways to go and had kind of given up hope on anything happening anytime soon. Especially because we knew our case was with Potomac after calling to ask a few months back, and the recent update on processing times on the USCIS website for Potomac really freaked us out.

 

My husband received his NVC email to set up his account about 2 hours after our USCIS approval email. 

 

This timing could not have been better - I fly tomorrow to see him for the first time since February with border closures. This will make reuniting with him even more special. 

 

For those of you still waiting on your approval, I totally know that bittersweet, mixed feeling of hope and jealousy when someone else posts that they were approved (especially when their PD is after yours 😠), but hope you get to share your approval with us soon. 

Congrats!🎊 My last update is April 7th and case is at Potomac. I hope it’s some kind of a queue thing and mines next haha

18 hours ago, Andresr said:

Made a call for case out of time at texas 3 weeks ago ,still nothing !

I’m guessing it might be because embassies in some countries are probably still closed because of COVID so they’re probably trying to not overwhelm NVC right now. Because even if they approve it, it might get stuck at NVC until they can call for an interview.

Guys what the heck is happening to the processing times...

1 hour ago, C.ezz said:

i got approved today

Which service center?

3 hours ago, delawhere said:

We finally got our NOA2! 251 days of waiting and so glad to be moving on to the next step  

Which center were you?

2 hours ago, Andresr said:

Well today same thing, date change ,I hope they contact soon!! I called and submited an inquiry for outside normal processing time ,they told me to wait a week ,but they can contact me by mail,email or phone,does anybody know what’s the most normal way they inform you about the inquiry because I’m not in the us and if it’s by mail or phone I depend on my sister ,thank you for any help

You should get an email and also you’ll see any letters that they send out to you on your account under documents tab as well. So don’t worry you won’t miss it.

Does anyone on here have their case at Potomac?

On 6/6/2020 at 9:29 AM, maryamkhan said:

We got approved on 4th and also didn’t receive the NVC email yet. It’s kind of freaking me out because because all the cases that got approved with us have already received the email 

Which center were you?

2 minutes ago, Zs10102 said:

Im 234 days Texas service center, are you from pakistan?

Yes. Aren’t you eligible for the “case out of normal processing time”? I’m assuming since this is a thread for October filers and Texas is on November cases now.

Hi everyone! I’ve been following this thread for a while but finally made an account. 237 very depressing days and still counting. Our PD is oct 14th. Case is at Potomac. Any approvals for that PD from Potomac yet?